as in rubberneck
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Noun
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The sidewalk was bustling, but no one even bothered to rubberneck.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026 -
Strangers rubberneck, catching an odd collection of words — Excel … Collegiate … Challenge — before the banner is gone.—
Jesse Dougherty,
Washington Post,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Under the plan, FISA, which allows warrantless wiretapping of noncitizens, would be extended for three years, with new oversight guardrails and penalties for abusing the spy tool.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Apr. 2026
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Around the same time, the National Reconnaissance Office decided that two of its spy satellites were surplus to requirements and offered the hardware to NASA.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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This pairing from Wildhorn worked in perfect harmony to keep gaper-gap at bay and airflow going directly from cutouts at the top of the helmet vents into the goggles.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside Online,
18 Oct. 2022
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Another man asked if putting up higher barriers in the median might help with the dreaded gaper’s blocks that happen every time there’s an accident.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
chicagotribune.com,
20 Oct. 2021
Noun
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Fortunately, this 3-D contoured mask doesn’t mess up my makeup or put pressure on my sensitive peepers.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Feb. 2026
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Payton must find answers in his reading peepers; dialing up more chunk plays.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wrestlers like Garcia and Stewart have achieved what Morrison has set his sights on, but Morrison isn’t a star gazer.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Except Leo is the opposite of a snoop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
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The rubberneckers who gather across the street are represented by crowd noise, and at one point a handful of cops stalk down the aisles of the theater, guns pointed right at Sonny.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
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So Wembanyama naturally decided to toy with his rubberneckers.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Gawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gawker. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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